560 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
Moanalihaikawaokele awoke; his beard, the place where his 
strength lay, was held fast; he struggled to free himself; Kahala- 
omapuana held the beard tight; he kept on twisting here and there 
until his breath was exhausted. 
He asked, “Whose child are you?” 
Said she, “Yours.” 
Again he asked, “Mine by whom ?” 
She answered, “Yours by Laukieleula.” 
Again he asked, “Who are you?” 
“Tt is Kahalaomapuana.” 
Said the father, “Let go my beard; you are indeed my child.” 
She let go, and the father arose and set her upon his lap and wailed, 
and when he had ended wailing, the father asked, “ On what journey 
do you come hither?” 
“A journey to seek one from the heavens,” answered Kahalao- 
‘mapuana. 
“To seek what one from the heavens?” 
“Kaonohiokala,” the girl answered. 
“The high one found, what.is he to do?” 
Said Kahalaomapuana, “I have come to get my brother and lord 
to be the husband to the princess of broad Hawaii, to Laieikawai, 
our royal friend, the one who protects us.” 
She related all that her brother had done, and their friend. 
Said Moanalihaikawaokele, “The consent is not mine to give, your 
mother is the only one to grant it, the one who has charge of the 
chief; she lives there in the taboo place prohibited to me. When 
your mother is unclean, she returns to me, and when her days of 
uncleanness are over, then she leaves me, she goes back to the chief. 
“Therefore, wait until the time comes when your mother returns, 
then tell her on what journey you have come hither.” 
They waited seven days; it was Laukieleula’s time of uncleanness. 
Said Moanalihaikawaokele, “It is almost time for your mother to 
come, so to-night, get to the taboo house first and sleep there; in 
the early morning when she comes, you will be sleeping in the house; 
there is no place for her to go to get away from you, because she is 
unclean. If she questions you, tell her exactly what you have told 
me.” ¥ 
That night Moanalihaikawaokele sent Kahalaomapuana into the 
house set apart for women. 
